Weeks back, Bryson DeChambeau was the highest-ranked LIV golfer in the Official Globe Golf Rankings. However, recent updates on the OWGR have led DeChambeau and other golfers from the Saudi circuit to experience a significant trouble.
For the first time, no player from the Saudi PIF-backed golf league is ranked within the top 20 of the Official Globe Golf Rankings. A week back, Bryson DeChambeau was placed in 19 th area on the OWGR. The two-time major champ is currently standing in the 21 st place of the OWGR.
The upgrade has been covered by NUCLR GOLF on X (formerly Twitter), and they shared the present leading 20 participants of the Authorities Globe Golf Rankings:
- Scottie Scheffler
- Rory McIlroy
- Xander Schauffele
- Russell Henley
- Justin Thomas
- Tommy Fleetwood
- J.J. Spaun
- Collin Morikawa
- Robert MacIntyre
- Harris English
- Viktor Hovland
- Keegan Bradley
- Ben Lion
- Justin Rose
- Sepp Straka
- Ludvig Aberg
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Alex Noren
- Radical McNealy
- Cameron Youthful
After LIV Golf initially began, Bryson DeChambeau and some top-ranked players on the OWGR joined the Saudi PIF-backed golf organization. Around mid- 2022, under the then-LIV CEO Greg Norman, LIV Golf sent its very first application to be included in the OWGR system. Nonetheless, the application was rejected by the former Authorities World Golf Rankings Chairman Peter Dawson in October 2023
This led to a loss in the OWGR rankings of major-winning LIV golf enthusiasts like Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm , Brooks Koepka, and Dustin Johnson. In 2015 in March, Norman educated LIV golf players that Saudi circuit would not seek OWGR points any longer. However, after Scott O’Neil took on the Chief Executive Officer’s chair at LIV Golf, the Saudi PIF-backed golf organization resubmitted its application for OWGR points.
Bryson DeChambeau shared his concerns pertaining to the significance of OWGR factors for LIV golfers
After O’Neil -led LIV Golf reapplied for OWGR points on June 30, 2025, the Crushers GC captain had a word with the press concerning this. Around that time, DeChambeau was ranked 15 th on the OWGR. While talking with journalism, Bryson DeChambeau confessed that all the LIV golf enthusiasts are excited regarding LIV’s 2nd bid for OWGR factors factor to consider. The golfer claimed (priced quote by ESPN, dated July 15, 2025:
… Do you guys think we should get factors? … we’ve got some respectable gamers over there. Going through the ideal procedure is essential … I assume Scott and all people are expecting undergoing that procedure and obtaining it done the right way. We’re thrilled for that.”
DeChambeau likewise asserted that gamers on the Saudi PIF-backed golf circuit are worthy of OWGR points.
“The world placing factors are huge. I believe it’s big for us to have these gamers that are simply getting on board and still accumulating factors. They are deserving … They’re playing some incredible golf each week …”
The two-time US Open champ has actually been vocal concerning the circumstance between OWGR and LIV Golf considering that the very start. In one of his interviews from in 2014, DeChambeau asserted that LIV golf has satisfied all requirements for OWGR points. The golf enthusiast likewise confessed that the whole circumstance was ‘frustrating’.
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